clumsiness
Example Sentences
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She spilled Coke on her sari and figured her clumsiness would doom the engagement.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025
Some of this clumsiness is simply the endearing choreography of learning something new.
From Salon ● Dec. 20, 2025
A child's personality and behavior may change, and clumsiness or stumbling develops between the ages of five and ten.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 8, 2024
Marc said: "They would say, 'How's the mum now?'. It's surrogate not mum. I think it's more clumsiness than anything else or lack of knowledge."
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2023
Major Major had never played basketball or any other game before, but his great, bobbing height and rapturous enthusiasm helped make up for his innate clumsiness and lack of experience.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
